Newspapers and Magazines Fined for Reporting on Weight-Loss Medication.
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Dutch media have been fined tens of thousands of euros for reporting on Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro. This is reported by the FD. The Health and Youth Care Inspectorate (IGJ) believes that some articles about the weight-loss medication amount to public advertising for medicines. NRC, de Volkskrant, AD, and De Telegraaf, among others, were fined. Editors-in-chief fear that the measures put pressure on press freedom and science journalism. DPG …
Several journalistic media outlets have been fined by the Health and Youth Care Inspectorate for engaging in ‘public advertising for medicines’ in reports about weight-loss products. The fines run into the tens of thousands of euros. Editors-in-chief view the fines as an attack on press freedom, writes the FD.
DPG Media is appealing against fines imposed on various newspapers for articles about the weight-loss products Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro. The fined media outlets and the Dutch Association of Journalists believe that the fines restrict press freedom.
The Health and Youth Care Inspectorate fines newspapers and a magazine for articles about the weight-loss medicines Ozempic, Wegovy and… Inspectorate fines newspapers for reporting on Ozempic
The Health and Youth Care Inspectorate (IGJ) has imposed fines on several Dutch daily newspapers for their reporting on the weight-loss drug Ozempic. According to the inspectorate, the newspapers engaged in prohibited advertising with their articles. Editors-in-chief react with dismay. "The consequences are enormous."
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